Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,499,629 | 53.68% | 1,294,093 | 46.32% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 509,120 | 18.22% | 484,078 | 17.33% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 223,504 | 8.00% | 169,656 | 6.07% |
Management, except farm managers | 158,367 | 5.67% | 99,213 | 3.55% |
Farmers & farm managers | 11,357 | 0.41% | 2,029 | 0.07% |
Business & financial operations: | 53,780 | 1.93% | 68,414 | 2.45% |
Business operations specialists | 28,471 | 1.02% | 35,002 | 1.25% |
Financial specialists | 25,309 | 0.91% | 33,412 | 1.20% |
Professional & related occupations: | 285,616 | 10.22% | 314,422 | 11.25% |
Computer & mathematical | 64,573 | 2.31% | 24,068 | 0.86% |
Architecture & engineering: | 63,486 | 2.27% | 10,801 | 0.39% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 49,669 | 1.78% | 7,347 | 0.26% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 13,817 | 0.49% | 3,454 | 0.12% |
Life, physical, & social science | 17,995 | 0.64% | 12,255 | 0.44% |
Community & social services | 18,679 | 0.67% | 26,440 | 0.95% |
Legal | 14,431 | 0.52% | 16,286 | 0.58% |
Education, training, & library | 42,447 | 1.52% | 108,057 | 3.87% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 28,779 | 1.03% | 29,075 | 1.04% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 35,226 | 1.26% | 87,440 | 3.13% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 27,380 | 0.98% | 59,656 | 2.14% |
Health technologists & technicians | 7,846 | 0.28% | 27,784 | 0.99% |
Service occupations: | 172,547 | 6.18% | 243,509 | 8.72% |
Healthcare support | 7,834 | 0.28% | 44,994 | 1.61% |
Protective services: | 36,317 | 1.30% | 9,807 | 0.35% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 23,064 | 0.83% | 4,356 | 0.16% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 13,253 | 0.47% | 5,451 | 0.20% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 58,634 | 2.10% | 81,395 | 2.91% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 52,896 | 1.89% | 32,880 | 1.18% |
Personal care & service | 16,866 | 0.60% | 74,433 | 2.66% |
Sales & office occupations: | 260,049 | 9.31% | 463,207 | 16.58% |
Sales & related occupations | 158,518 | 5.67% | 152,210 | 5.45% |
Office & administrative support | 101,531 | 3.63% | 310,997 | 11.13% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 32,121 | 1.15% | 11,374 | 0.41% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 250,929 | 8.98% | 12,838 | 0.46% |
Construction & extraction: | 146,765 | 5.25% | 6,387 | 0.23% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 18,268 | 0.65% | 620 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 127,441 | 4.56% | 5,725 | 0.20% |
Extraction | 1,056 | 0.04% | 42 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 104,164 | 3.73% | 6,451 | 0.23% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 274,863 | 9.84% | 79,087 | 2.83% |
Production | 135,164 | 4.84% | 49,622 | 1.78% |
Transportation & material moving: | 139,699 | 5.00% | 29,465 | 1.05% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 3,997 | 0.14% | 986 | 0.04% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 5,653 | 0.20% | 539 | 0.02% |
Motor vehicle operators | 64,887 | 2.32% | 12,082 | 0.43% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 9,873 | 0.35% | 1,430 | 0.05% |
Material moving | 55,289 | 1.98% | 14,428 | 0.52% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,499,629 | 53.68% | 1,294,093 | 46.32% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 54,790 | 1.96% | 14,186 | 0.51% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 52,582 | 1.88% | 13,889 | 0.50% |
Mining | 2,208 | 0.08% | 297 | 0.01% |
Construction | 171,838 | 6.15% | 23,033 | 0.82% |
Manufacturing | 254,920 | 9.12% | 93,726 | 3.35% |
Wholesale trade | 78,157 | 2.80% | 35,369 | 1.27% |
Retail trade | 165,964 | 5.94% | 172,808 | 6.19% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 108,670 | 3.89% | 42,315 | 1.51% |
Transportation & warehousing | 91,255 | 3.27% | 35,816 | 1.28% |
Utilities | 17,415 | 0.62% | 6,499 | 0.23% |
Information | 55,604 | 1.99% | 40,065 | 1.43% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 70,607 | 2.53% | 100,015 | 3.58% |
Finance & insurance | 40,074 | 1.43% | 72,192 | 2.58% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 30,533 | 1.09% | 27,823 | 1.00% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 152,060 | 5.44% | 120,406 | 4.31% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 97,371 | 3.49% | 79,660 | 2.85% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 451 | 0.02% | 639 | 0.02% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 54,238 | 1.94% | 40,107 | 1.44% |
Educational, health & social services: | 142,159 | 5.09% | 399,055 | 14.28% |
Educational services | 75,148 | 2.69% | 160,458 | 5.74% |
Health care & social assistance | 67,011 | 2.40% | 238,597 | 8.54% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 103,683 | 3.71% | 117,973 | 4.22% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 27,046 | 0.97% | 24,660 | 0.88% |
Accommodation & food services | 76,637 | 2.74% | 93,313 | 3.34% |
Other services (except public administration) | 65,117 | 2.33% | 70,262 | 2.51% |
Public administration | 76,060 | 2.72% | 64,880 | 2.32% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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